Proto-Algonquian language

reconstructed ancestor of the Algonquian languages

The Proto-Algonquian language is the an ancestor of all Algonquian languages. It is thought to have been spoken around 2,500 to 3,000 years ago.[1]

References

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  1. Goddard, Ives (1978). "Central Algonquian Languages". In Trigger, Bruce G.; William C. Sturtevant (eds.). Handbook of North American Indians: Northeast. Vol. 15. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. pp. 583–587. ISBN 978-0-16-004575-2.